Government panel calls for a consumption tax increase to 8%-16% in 2015

The Council on Social Security on November 4 published a report calling on the government to swiftly work out steps to secure the revenue for social services with a consumption tax increase in mind. It said, “Cost for social services will inevitably increase as the population is aging.”

Stop government from ignoring former Air SDF Chief of Staff’s improper conduct

The government is under fire for its lenience toward a former Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff who published an article criticizing the view that Japan was an “aggressor nation.” Gen. Tamogami Toshio said that such an assertion concerning Japan’s past war in Asia is a “false accusation.”